Modi government expects cargo traffic at its ports to jump by two-thirds by 2021 as India ramps up exports of goods including cars and other machinery.
While India is catching China in motorbike sales, it lags far behind in cars, which use more petrol per journey.
Government will start to auction the rights to up to 70 diamond and gold exploration zones to mining companies this year
India, the world's fourth-biggest oil consumer, recently offered Saudi Aramco a stake in refineries and petrochemical projects.
Labour unions, with a history of hostility towards management, are pushing back on Coal India's plans, fearing modernization and outsourcing will hit jobs.
Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh in the south, and Rajasthan and Gujarat in the west, are the country's top producers of limestone
India has already pipped Japan as the world's third-largest oil consumer.
Officials from India's biggest private refiner recently visited Iran to chalk out the details for resumption of trade ties with Tehran.
Iran has complained of irregular shipments
Tehran plans to lift exports by 500,000 barrels per day
India plans to double coal production by 2020
The richest Hindu temple in the world could soon come to the rescue of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's plan to recycle tonnes of idle gold and cut economy-hurting imports.
'It is quite natural for our farmers to go for rice and cane when both power and water are almost free.'
India will also launch a sovereign gold bond to lower physical demand.
Rising tensions over eating beef in Hindu-majority India are starting to hit the multi-billion dollar buffalo meat trade.
India's fuel demand in September rose at the fastest pace in more than a decade.
Nearly two-thirds of India's gold demand comes from rural areas where jewellery is a traditional store of wealth for millions who have no access to the formal banking system.
The fields have reserves of about 89 million tonnes
IOC, the key importer of petrol, has sought almost 700,000 tonnes for March-September delivery.